AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets and Bixby Land Company form joint venture to acquire up to €320 million of logistics properties in the Western U.S

PARIS, 22-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (“AXA IM – Real Assets”), a global leader in real asset investments and the largest(1) real estate investment manager in Europe, and Bixby Land Company (“Bixby”), a leading Western U.S. commercial real estate operator and investment manager, announce that they have entered a new joint venture (the “Joint Venture”) to acquire up to $400 million (c. €320 million) of logistics properties in the Western U.S.
AXA IM – Real Assets, investing on behalf of one of its clients, is the majority shareholder in the Joint Venture and Bixby will act, in an exclusive capacity, as property and asset manager, further advancing its growing third party institutional investment management business.
The Joint Venture will seek investments in the industrial asset class targeting core and core plus strategies. It will target properties located in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, leveraging Bixby’s established acquisition pipeline and existing real estate operations platform.
Steve McCarthy, Head of North America at AXA IM – Real Assets, commented: “The asset class is supported by a number of strong fundamentals driven by structural changes in supply chains, e-commerce and consumer behaviour and, as such, aims to deliver durable and growing long-term income streams. We are pleased to be working with such an established and reputable partner as Bixby in this Joint Venture and we look forward to working with them on behalf of our clients.”
Bill Halford, Bixby CEO, said: “We are leveraging our longstanding investment management experience with institutional capital partners into a programmatic, long-term relationship, benefitting the portfolio growth objectives of both Bixby and our partner. This new venture supports a greater strategy to build a robust third-party investment management operation that aligns with our growth plans for the company over the next five years.”
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1 Source: INREV/ANREV Fund Manager AUM Survey – May 2017 – in terms of assets under management

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1 Source: AXA IM unaudited data as of end of June 2017
2 Source: AXA IM – Real Assets’ unaudited data as of end of June 2017
3 Source: INREV/ANREV Fund Manager Survey – May 2017in terms of assets under management
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